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I've often wondered if there aren't some structures in the brain, that have been selected for since the advent of language, that are good at learning up languag
by Hugsun 2y ago
I've often wondered if there aren't some structures in the brain, that have been selected for since the advent of language, that are good at learning up languages.
- Shorel 2y agoI think Carl Sagan discusses this topic in "Broca's Brain". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broca's_Brain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broca's_Brain
- dmd 2y agoThis is one of the most discussed and argued ideas in all of linguistics and philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/innateness-language/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/innateness-language/
- Hugsun 2y agoIndeed. I'm reminded of the time a childhood friend essentially discovered the inverted spectrum argument[1]. That is, we can't know if my qualia when perceiving the color red doesn't match yours of the color blue. We were unfortunately young and in poor company, so the idea didn't receive the appropriate attention. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualia#Inverted_spectrum_argument https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualia#Inverted_spectrum_argum...